When we released our list of the 50 Most Powerful People in Washington back in February, we included at #38 the Capital Weather Gang, The Washington Post’s cadre of tweet-happy professional and amateur forecasters whose prognostications tend to be the final word in a weather-obsessed town. As Hurricane Sandy bears down on the mid-Atlantic, we thought we’d check in with the Gang’s ringleader, Post weather editor Jason Samenow.

GQ: How are things going? Are you swamped?

JS: It’s crazy. I’m in the newsroom and I’ve got several contributors working from their homes feeding me information. This is election day or the Super Bowl for meteorologists!